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I meant to post this a while back.
Basically its a thread for us Dakka gamers to recommend or hate upon old / new / potential / missed releases!

I wanted to start with the ArmA series. I absolutely loved (read: was obsessed with Operation Flashpoint). I did pick up Arma 1 but thought it was ultra clunky and trying waaaaay too hard.

Would anyone recommend Arma2/3 or expansions?

Feel free to answer and post other SIB games as you like

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British Columbia

Gothic? I loved the GW game but dont tend to enjoy micro intensive RTS games

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 Ratius wrote:
I meant to post this a while back.
Basically its a thread for us Dakka gamers to recommend or hate upon old / new / potential / missed releases!

I wanted to start with the ArmA series. I absolutely loved (read: was obsessed with Operation Flashpoint). I did pick up Arma 1 but thought it was ultra clunky and trying waaaaay too hard.

Would anyone recommend Arma2/3 or expansions?

Feel free to answer and post other SIB games as you like


This is a great idea!

Re: Arma2/3

The difficulty hasn't changed, ArmA2 has gotten MASSIVE support from both playerbase/modbase and the developers over the years (seriously, some of the mods for ArmA2 are INSANELY well done), whereas ArmA3 suffers from a variety of issues that have yet to be resolved - and the playerbase reception has been a pretty big 'meh'. So, I say yes to ArmA2 and see how that feels (It's the cheaper choice too).


Edit: My SIB

Rainbow Six Siege. I lived off of the old Rainbow Six games back in the day, so when this one was announced I squeal in joy. But a lot of the gameplay I've seen makes it look like Call of Duty: Inside a House.

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Hefnaheim

 Frankenberry wrote:
 Ratius wrote:
I meant to post this a while back.
Basically its a thread for us Dakka gamers to recommend or hate upon old / new / potential / missed releases!

I wanted to start with the ArmA series. I absolutely loved (read: was obsessed with Operation Flashpoint). I did pick up Arma 1 but thought it was ultra clunky and trying waaaaay too hard.

Would anyone recommend Arma2/3 or expansions?

Feel free to answer and post other SIB games as you like


This is a great idea!

Re: Arma2/3

The difficulty hasn't changed, ArmA2 has gotten MASSIVE support from both playerbase/modbase and the developers over the years (seriously, some of the mods for ArmA2 are INSANELY well done), whereas ArmA3 suffers from a variety of issues that have yet to be resolved - and the playerbase reception has been a pretty big 'meh'. So, I say yes to ArmA2 and see how that feels (It's the cheaper choice too).


Edit: My SIB

Rainbow Six Siege. I lived off of the old Rainbow Six games back in the day, so when this one was announced I squeal in joy. But a lot of the gameplay I've seen makes it look like Call of Duty: Inside a House.


Rainbow Six siege is a good addition to the series, although I have not purchased it due to the lack of a campagin. But my signifikant other enjoyed it, and yes it dose seen like CoD at times but that is mere looks. The gatmeplay looks to be solid and built around taktisk and acctual teamwork
   
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 Eldarain wrote:
Gothic? I loved the GW game but dont tend to enjoy micro intensive RTS games


The ship AI works fairly well. You can tailor engagement ranges and attack attitudes (favouring broadsides for example) and allow ships to seek their own targets, most skills can also be set to auto. Direct damage skills like torps are manually activated but they need to be.You can also 'pause' the game at any time.

In short its not really micro heavy unless you want it to be.

Gothic hasn't been released yet though. The current beta version has 3 tutorial missions (the last is impossible to beat) and a single player skirmish game although it does have fleet and character progression up to Battleships.

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 Frankenberry wrote:

Edit: My SIB

Rainbow Six Siege. I lived off of the old Rainbow Six games back in the day, so when this one was announced I squeal in joy. But a lot of the gameplay I've seen makes it look like Call of Duty: Inside a House.

I bought this game yesterday, and from what I've experienced it's far from Call of Duty! You need to be really careful in approaching your objectives, and teamwork is very important. You die real easy as well!

   
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There is not this idea.

One I've been wondering about for a while: Dungeons of Dredmore. Not sold on the art style, but I've heard it's pretty fun otherwise. It's not pricy either, but I'm still not sure.
   
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 toasteroven wrote:
One I've been wondering about for a while: Dungeons of Dredmore. Not sold on the art style, but I've heard it's pretty fun otherwise. It's not pricey either, but I'm still not sure.


I didn't like it although in fairness its not the kind of game I generally play.

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 Silent Puffin? wrote:
 Eldarain wrote:
Gothic? I loved the GW game but dont tend to enjoy micro intensive RTS games


The ship AI works fairly well. You can tailor engagement ranges and attack attitudes (favouring broadsides for example) and allow ships to seek their own targets, most skills can also be set to auto. Direct damage skills like torps are manually activated but they need to be.You can also 'pause' the game at any time.

In short its not really micro heavy unless you want it to be.

Gothic hasn't been released yet though. The current beta version has 3 tutorial missions (the last is impossible to beat) and a single player skirmish game although it does have fleet and character progression up to Battleships.

Thanks for this. Bought it last night. Really like the way it works. Cheers.

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Rainbow Six Siege is rather fun. Like its been mentioned, it's a very strategic game, and you can't go and lone wolf it like in CoD or anything.

My SIB:

Fable (any of them, really) From what my friends have said, there's a lot of little things you can do in it, which would be nice for when I want a game to screw around with. From what I've seen of another thread talking about it, it's a very hit or miss game, with some who despise it and others who appreciate some of the charm it has.

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Gothic? I loved the GW game but dont tend to enjoy micro intensive RTS games


Thats my fear too Eldrain. I've read some reviews and some gameplay and it looks cool but can you slow/pause it at all or is it fully realtime? What if you get in a real bind, is it a case of sucking it and learning from the error?

I've been looking at Dying Light since a friend has it but isnt saying much about it. Anyone played it?

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 Ratius wrote:
Gothic? I loved the GW game but dont tend to enjoy micro intensive RTS games


Thats my fear too Eldrain. I've read some reviews and some gameplay and it looks cool but can you slow/pause it at all or is it fully realtime?


There is a (very) slow time function, called the Tactical Cogitator, which you can activate whenever you want for however long you want.

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 2BlackJack1 wrote:


Fable (any of them, really) From what my friends have said, there's a lot of little things you can do in it, which would be nice for when I want a game to screw around with. From what I've seen of another thread talking about it, it's a very hit or miss game, with some who despise it and others who appreciate some of the charm it has.


Yeah the first one is more than worth playing make sure you get a version with the lost chapters included though. The first games combat is a bit basic compared to the later games but the plot and characters are easily the best on the series.



 
   
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 toasteroven wrote:
One I've been wondering about for a while: Dungeons of Dredmore. Not sold on the art style, but I've heard it's pretty fun otherwise. It's not pricy either, but I'm still not sure.

DoD also gets a "no" from me. It's just boring honestly. Enemy variety is very low, the puns are not (imho) funny. It may seem that there is a lot of skills here but I feel as if the game locks in content if you did not pick a certain skill.

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Thanks! That settles it.
   
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Northern IA

How is The Witcher series on PC?

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 TheMeanDM wrote:
How is The Witcher series on PC?


Very good.

The first has aged quite badly but is still reasonable. The second is a consolised version of an open world game (so essentially on rails) but it is still one of the better big budget RPGs of the last few years.

The third is excellent.

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Thanks

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Apparently Steam is offering the game Starpoint Gemini 2 at 80% off, so the full package with the game and all three DLC's is only like 8 or 9 bucks right now. I'm curious if anyone has played the game and likes it. Looking at the previews and everything it seems a lot like a more high-tech version of a game I used to play all the time back in the day, Escape Velocity.

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I've been looking at Dead Space 1&2 on Steam. Any views?

Dman137 wrote:
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 Ratius wrote:
I've been looking at Dead Space 1&2 on Steam. Any views?

I haven't played any, but if you've got an Xbox you can get Dead Space 1 for free with Gold right now.

   
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I had the original Dead Space.

It was fun!

Use headphones or a loud surround sound for EXTRA CREEPY feeling!!

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 Ratius wrote:
I've been looking at Dying Light since a friend has it but isnt saying much about it. Anyone played it?


I've played it. If you like zombie survival games, you'll probably like it. It has the best movement system i've seen in a game to date - very few 'invisible' walls, most everything can be climbed on, you get a grappling hook later in the game that turns the game into a bit of a batman simulator. It has heights and climbing, and the heights are very well represented. Standard variety of zombies. Day/night cycle with corresponding difficulty levels. Multiplayer is fun (haven't really played it single player, find it boring that way). Lots of skill trees, which depending on difficulty level can make all the difference in survival. Lots of go-fetch quests and achievement quests (which i find a bit dull) but the campaign missions are interesting. Had a few: 'and then gak happened' moments which were entertaining, some of it random some of it quest-driven. I will say this though, we call it soccer hooligan simulator 2016 - Most of the game involves brutally clubbing infected to death with lead pipes, or knocking them to the ground and clubbing/kicking them to death. I guess that's to be expected in a zombie game, but it can get a bit disturbing at first (especially when you meet the runner zombies that'll say things like: no! please! as you brutally club them with your pipe). I guess i'm saying that the combat system is fairly realistic and well done, but otoh soccer hooligan simulator 2016. Overall i enjoyed it.

 
   
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Hefnaheim

So Dakka been looking at Civilazation V Beyound earth, is it worth my money?
   
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Been looking at Just Cause 3 recently, is it worth buying?

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 Trondheim wrote:
So Dakka been looking at Civilazation V Beyound earth, is it worth my money?


Nope.

Its Civ 5 but with aliens. I played it for 1 game (with the expansion installed) and I have no interest to play it again.

Civ games just aren't what they used to be.

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Hefnaheim

Many thanks, I will shun that game than
   
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 Silent Puffin? wrote:
 Trondheim wrote:
So Dakka been looking at Civilazation V Beyound earth, is it worth my money?


Nope.

Its Civ 5 but with aliens. I played it for 1 game (with the expansion installed) and I have no interest to play it again.

Civ games just aren't what they used to be.

I have to disagree. I enjoy Civ 5 and Beyond Earth. They are somewhat different than previous Civ games, but I don't think they are bad by any means. I do feel like they play slower, especially when there is a lot of combat, since units usually do not kill each other in one turn unless they are massively stronger.

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 7 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
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Northern IA

How about ARK: Survival Evolved

Anything good or bad about it?

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Gargant Hunting

 TheMeanDM wrote:
How about ARK: Survival Evolved

Anything good or bad about it?


I played it on the Xbone. I do like it, and there's modifiers to XP and resource gathering to make it easier/harder as well, so it's less of a grind. There's quite a bit to do, and a lot of tech to progress through. As with many things, it'd be better with a friend or two, but single player can be fun as well.

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